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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
So sad, but so good. The last few chapters were kind of difficult to read. I do wish there was a trigger warning for rape, cause there is a chapter at the end there that I wasn't expecting at all and wish I had known about beforehand.
I love the way the book is written. The chapters are short, so it's easy to fly through them. There are over 170 chapters, so the book can feel daunting, but because they're all relatively short, you get through it pretty quickly. I liked how the story goes back and forth from the siege of Saint-Malo where we see all the main character POVs in one setting, to the past where we go from chapter to chapter, learning more and more about each character. I will admit, I was anxious to get to the siege chapters because I wanted to know what would happen next, but at the same time it was interesting to see how the characters all come together at the end.
Marie-Laure is such a beautiful character. I loved her innocence, but also her curiosity about the world. I love how brave she is and how she makes everyone she meets so happy. Her relationships with her father and great-uncle and Madame Manec were really well done. I felt so much for her, especially at the end there. The story leaves off with things bittersweet. Not perfect, but not completely hopeless either.
Werner was a complex character. His third for knowledge and building and fixing things was adorable, but then he becomes single-minded and ignores what is going on in the world. I loved Jutta's character and honestly wish we got more of her perspective during the war. We do get to see her after and see how much she pushes away her memories so she doesn't have to remember. It's so sad to see what war does to people, especially people who had no major role and were just caught in the crosshairs. The end for Werner was interesting, but I think it was well done. I like to think the jewel was destroyed in the end.
Van whatever his name is deserved the end he got. It's interesting to see where Volkheimer is after the war though and I'm glad we got a glimpse of Frederick too.
Overall, a really great book, one that will definitely stay with me for a while.
I love the way the book is written. The chapters are short, so it's easy to fly through them. There are over 170 chapters, so the book can feel daunting, but because they're all relatively short, you get through it pretty quickly. I liked how the story goes back and forth from the siege of Saint-Malo where we see all the main character POVs in one setting, to the past where we go from chapter to chapter, learning more and more about each character. I will admit, I was anxious to get to the siege chapters because I wanted to know what would happen next, but at the same time it was interesting to see how the characters all come together at the end.
Marie-Laure is such a beautiful character. I loved her innocence, but also her curiosity about the world. I love how brave she is and how she makes everyone she meets so happy. Her relationships with her father and great-uncle and Madame Manec were really well done. I felt so much for her, especially at the end there. The story leaves off with things bittersweet. Not perfect, but not completely hopeless either.
Werner was a complex character. His third for knowledge and building and fixing things was adorable, but then he becomes single-minded and ignores what is going on in the world. I loved Jutta's character and honestly wish we got more of her perspective during the war. We do get to see her after and see how much she pushes away her memories so she doesn't have to remember. It's so sad to see what war does to people, especially people who had no major role and were just caught in the crosshairs. The end for Werner was interesting, but I think it was well done. I like to think the jewel was destroyed in the end.
Van whatever his name is deserved the end he got. It's interesting to see where Volkheimer is after the war though and I'm glad we got a glimpse of Frederick too.
Overall, a really great book, one that will definitely stay with me for a while.